After reading the Joan Parisi Wilcox's Masters of the Living Energy: The Mystical World of the Q'ero in Peru, I felt inspired to pictorally represent the energy system of the human body as depicted by the Q'ero. In the Western world, we have adopted the Hindu system of the chakras as our primary reference point to what we call the aura, or the invisisble field of energy which surrounds our body. The aura is usually seen as a spiritual essence integrated with the physical being, though Dr. Valerie Hunt studied this field in a series of scientific experiments and has revealed otherwise. Dr. Hunt, in her book Infinite Mind: Science of the Human Vibrations of Consciousness, has uncovered that there is indeed a continuous electromagnetic field which surrounds the human body, unique the other on-and-off eletric signals of the heart, brain, and muscles. This human energy field "interacts with and influences matter, whereas fields associated with inert matter react passively."

To the Q'ero, this field of energy is as real as any other aspect of mundane life. They refer to the aura as the poq'po and what we know as chakras they call chunpis. There are five primary chunpis within the poq'po, each  emanating from a sort of energetic nucleas called a nawi. The qosqo nawi is the energetic center of all shamanic work. (Notice, in this system, the eyes work as nawis and connect with the Qanchis Nawi to form
the Kulli Chunpi!)

In the following diagram, I have outlined the prospective chunpis and nawis along with (on the right) their energetic processes. These energetic processes are the action of actually using the individual chunpis for a specific purpose. Above these processes we blue sami, higher energy, being brought down from the higher spiritual realms of the Hanaq Pacha. The sami is brought through the body, cleaning out the hucha, heavy energy, and giving back to the Ukhu Pacha, the lower world. After cleansing the body of hucha, the sami is then brought back up through the body in a kundalini-type affect.

If you meditate, and are partial to the Hindu chakra system, I recommend giving this energy process a try. I find it both healthy and fun to switch my paradigms now and again and find this particular system interesting. Of course, it's all about finding out what works best for you. Enjoy and let me know how it goes!